1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Richmond

School: Richmond (roll number 14400)

Location:
Richmond, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 156

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 156

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Richmond
  2. XML Page 156
  3. XML “Rakestreet and the Fairs of Rakestreet”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Rakestreet and the Fairs of Rakestreet

    Share Share Post
    Rakestreet is the name of the village I live in. It is situated about three miles north of Crossmolina and is much different to what it was years ago. Long ago it was very hallowed and there was a lake from the Chapelroad to the foot of Tony More's hill and now there is a shop and dwelling house, flower and vegetable gardens and out-offices built in place of the lake.
    Presently there are five houses and a dance hall in the village and seventy years ago there was at least twenty four, a forge and a Chapel. The forge was where John Heffron is living now and the Chapel in the field opposite
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Joseph Flanagan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rakestreet, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr M. Herbert
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 98
    Address
    Rathmacostello, Co. Mayo